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Afghan politics
![Zalmay Khalilzad's Mission Impossible With the Taliban Zalmay Khalilzad's Mission Impossible With the Taliban](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-6872037361_18f280346f_b.jpg)
Zalmay Khalilzad's Mission Impossible With the Taliban
By Harsh V Pant and Vinay Kaura
Zalmay Khalilzad has a tall task ahead of him in talking to the Taliban.
![Afghan Chief Executive: US-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement Here to Stay Afghan Chief Executive: US-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement Here to Stay](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-picture1-1.jpg)
Afghan Chief Executive: US-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement Here to Stay
By Ankit Panda
Despite recent rumblings, the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement isn't going anywhere.
![How Afghanistan's Next Elections Can Succeed How Afghanistan's Next Elections Can Succeed](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sizes/thumbnail/19201_5280a3d26185c.jpg)
How Afghanistan's Next Elections Can Succeed
By Rafi Fazil
Afghanistan's next elections can set up the bedrock for sustainable democratic institutions in the country.
![India's Growing Afghanistan Challenge India's Growing Afghanistan Challenge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-37896533351_183c821ba2_h.jpg)
India's Growing Afghanistan Challenge
By Harsh V. Pant
As the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, what are the stakes for New Delhi?
![Trump's South Asia Strategy and Afghanistan's Political Stalemate: A Way Forward Trump's South Asia Strategy and Afghanistan's Political Stalemate: A Way Forward](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-image3.jpg)
Trump's South Asia Strategy and Afghanistan's Political Stalemate: A Way Forward
By Ata Mohammad Noor
Ashraf Ghani's authoritarian tendencies have failed the Afghan people.
![What Peace in Colombia Teaches Us About War in Afghanistan What Peace in Colombia Teaches Us About War in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-21_13-01-56.jpg)
What Peace in Colombia Teaches Us About War in Afghanistan
By Jamie Shenk and Michael Kugelman
A successful reconciliation process after three decades of excruciating false starts offers some not-so-encouraging lessons for Afghanistan.
![A House Divided: How Afghanistan's National Unity Government Is Crumbling A House Divided: How Afghanistan's National Unity Government Is Crumbling](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-ashraf_ghani_shakes_hands_with_abdullah_abdullah.jpg)
A House Divided: How Afghanistan's National Unity Government Is Crumbling
By Ali Malik
Identity politics in Kabul undermines U.S. objectives in Afghanistan.
![The Afghan Government Struggles to Survive The Afghan Government Struggles to Survive](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-ashraf_ghani_shakes_hands_with_abdullah_abdullah.jpg)
The Afghan Government Struggles to Survive
By Bismellah Alizada
Beset by the resurgent Taliban and internal political rifts, the NUG is struggling to survive.
![Kabul's Dostum Problem Kabul's Dostum Problem](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-15541258_1374160695942126_3465420458583415206_n.jpg)
Kabul's Dostum Problem
By Catherine Putz
Whether Dostum is convicted or not, there will be anger and accusations that the rule of law has been cheated.
![How Afghanistan’s Public Procurement Reform Is Changing How Afghanistan’s Public Procurement Reform Is Changing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-160712-d-sk590-361_28233988146.jpg)
How Afghanistan’s Public Procurement Reform Is Changing
By Mohammad Adil Zahed
What has changed, what has achieved and whose benefits are at stake?
![What Is the Status of Afghanistan's Deal With Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan? What Is the Status of Afghanistan's Deal With Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-09_15-05-10.jpg)
What Is the Status of Afghanistan's Deal With Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan?
By Aziz Amin Ahmadzai
The Afghan government must implement its agreement with Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan.
![Afghanistan's VP Accused of Torture and Sexual Abuse by Kidnapped Rival Afghanistan's VP Accused of Torture and Sexual Abuse by Kidnapped Rival](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-14_15-27-05.jpg)
Afghanistan's VP Accused of Torture and Sexual Abuse by Kidnapped Rival
By Catherine Putz
Ishchi's allegations are serious and shocking; Kabul says it plans to investigate.